From Our Government Affairs Team
Gov. Stitt Makes First Pick to State Supreme Court
Gov. Kevin Stitt announced this week the appointment of Judge M. John Kane, IV to the Supreme Court of Oklahoma. This is Gov. Stitt’s first appointment to the state Supreme Court.
Judge John Kane has served Osage County as District Judge for the 10th Judicial District since 2005. During his 14 years on the bench, he has presided as a judge in tens of thousands of cases, and he has served in a number of other capacities to include as president of the Oklahoma Judicial Conference from 2013-2014, as presiding judge-elect of the Northeastern Judicial Administrative District in 2019, and as presiding judge of the Oklahoma Court on the Judiciary in 2019. Kane began practicing as an attorney in 1987 at Kane, Kane & Kane Law Offices, P.C., a law firm founded by his father and grandfather in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. During this time, he also served as an administrative law judge for the Department of Human Services-Child Support Division from 1999-2005 and as an assistant district attorney from 1987 to 1989.
Kane received a B.S. in agricultural economics and accounting from Oklahoma State University in 1984 and a J.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1987. Kane and his wife, Cynthia, have been married for 33 years and have four children.
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As a member of the State Chamber, you are invited to our annual policy committee meetings where we develop the legislative agenda for the next year. We hope you will plan to attend any that are of interest to your business.
Legal Reform
Friday, September 27 from 10:00 – 11:30 am
Human Resources & Labor Law
Thursday, October 3 from 10:00 – 11:30 am
Workers' Compensation
Monday, October 7 from 10:00 – 11:30 am
Small Business & Manufacturing
Friday, October 11 from 1:30 – 3:00 pm
Economic Development, Taxation & Retail
Wednesday, October 16 from 1:30 – 3:00 pm
Workforce Development
Thursday, October 17 from 10:00 – 11:30 am
Aerospace, Technology, Defense & Telecommunications
Tuesday, October 22 from 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Health Care
Tuesday, October 22 from 2:00 – 3:30 pm
Transportation & Infrastructure
Wednesday, October 23 from 1:30 – 3:00 pm